It's so nice to see LSJ publish a positive human interest story. They do a great job with this and it helps to balance all the negative in our world. This Community Luncheon idea has bloomed into a great flower garden and we look forward to working with the residents of Otisfield in future projects of this nature. Thank you Elaine for your faithfulness to this missional project.
Pastor Genise Stern
addiction is a real issue...especially Nicotine. When I quit in 2001 I don't think I could have done it if my peers around me thought I was a "disgusting inconsiderate jerk". I thank God they accepted me for who I was and for what I wanted to become....
not to a car accident but as a result of alcohol and a tragic flash decision. Nothing will ever kill the pain and to create such a display on a school yard may be graphic but does not really have a lasting impression on people who aren't really affected - only the pain of the loss of a child, sibling, best friend, etc does! The others just move on in life - very quickly i might add. I agree with Colleen...
aches and my stomach wretching! Too young, too tragic... God have mercy upon these families and young people - may they find some comfort and peace in you!
This story was released weeks ago...in bits and pieces... and she just now wonders?????? Republican squals against the Democrats must stop OR they must get their own party into order!!!!!
with Ronald R....this is another reason we need a nationalized healthcare plan in which all American citizens would fall under - including members of Congress and State governments.
To radically cut the MaineCare program as suggested will send those people swarming into ER's where they cannot be refused care and where they can't pay the high cost so it will end up in debt collection. The hospitals will be forced to raise their costs to help off-set their loss (called cost-shifting), and insurance premiums will be raised and deductibles increased because they can't keep up with rising costs. It's a never ending circle of our current healthcare dilemma.
We are a state with increasing aged population and low income, unskilled labor force. We have to face this head on - as many rural states are finding. Many of our kids who have gone to college can't find employment in this state and have had to move "away" so the hopes pinned on them have not come to fruition. Mark E. is correct in that someone has to jump into the pool.
Just looking at the picture itself says a lot...Mr. Kurtz sitting back, legs crossed, head tilted back with arms folded across his chest reveals someone who is not willing or able to listen. It's not just the words that are said (or the tone in which they are voiced) but body language can quickly change the atmosphere as well.
Seems to me that all need to take a breath and evaluate what is 'really' going on here.
I just scratch my head and sigh...perhaps even cry at the amount of government monies that are taken illegally or mismanaged that could really help people in need who supposedly don't qualify but are struggling none the less. There are so many that fall just shy of the guidelines and then you read stories about greedy people like this.
Wonderful project....
It's so nice to see LSJ publish a positive human interest story. They do a great job with this and it helps to balance all the negative in our world. This Community Luncheon idea has bloomed into a great flower garden and we look forward to working with the residents of Otisfield in future projects of this nature. Thank you Elaine for your faithfulness to this missional project.
Pastor Genise Stern
Pretty strong opinion Ed....
addiction is a real issue...especially Nicotine. When I quit in 2001 I don't think I could have done it if my peers around me thought I was a "disgusting inconsiderate jerk". I thank God they accepted me for who I was and for what I wanted to become....
I lost my son...
not to a car accident but as a result of alcohol and a tragic flash decision. Nothing will ever kill the pain and to create such a display on a school yard may be graphic but does not really have a lasting impression on people who aren't really affected - only the pain of the loss of a child, sibling, best friend, etc does! The others just move on in life - very quickly i might add. I agree with Colleen...
My heart....
aches and my stomach wretching! Too young, too tragic... God have mercy upon these families and young people - may they find some comfort and peace in you!
And........she has just begun to question?
This story was released weeks ago...in bits and pieces... and she just now wonders?????? Republican squals against the Democrats must stop OR they must get their own party into order!!!!!
So glad...
to know that the work of our Savior is being done through the hands of his children...Debbie is one very special child of God!!!
I agree...
with Ronald R....this is another reason we need a nationalized healthcare plan in which all American citizens would fall under - including members of Congress and State governments.
To radically cut the MaineCare program as suggested will send those people swarming into ER's where they cannot be refused care and where they can't pay the high cost so it will end up in debt collection. The hospitals will be forced to raise their costs to help off-set their loss (called cost-shifting), and insurance premiums will be raised and deductibles increased because they can't keep up with rising costs. It's a never ending circle of our current healthcare dilemma.
We are a state with increasing aged population and low income, unskilled labor force. We have to face this head on - as many rural states are finding. Many of our kids who have gone to college can't find employment in this state and have had to move "away" so the hopes pinned on them have not come to fruition. Mark E. is correct in that someone has to jump into the pool.
Posture
Just looking at the picture itself says a lot...Mr. Kurtz sitting back, legs crossed, head tilted back with arms folded across his chest reveals someone who is not willing or able to listen. It's not just the words that are said (or the tone in which they are voiced) but body language can quickly change the atmosphere as well.
Seems to me that all need to take a breath and evaluate what is 'really' going on here.
Confused...
He was shot three times by the Warden and yet it still has to be determined if it was suicide, homicide, or self-defense or what????
Some days...
I just scratch my head and sigh...perhaps even cry at the amount of government monies that are taken illegally or mismanaged that could really help people in need who supposedly don't qualify but are struggling none the less. There are so many that fall just shy of the guidelines and then you read stories about greedy people like this.